- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Midway Museum
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Little, Thomas G. (Thomas Goree), 1911-1962
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844
Midway Church and Society (Midway, Ga.)
Screven, James, 1750-1778 - Date of Original:
- 1967-08
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Liberty County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Liberty County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Liberty County
Historical museums
Museums and collections
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, Midway, 31.80577, -81.43066
- Medium:
- color slides
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The Midway District historically encompasses properties owned by the Midway Society and the State of Georgia, centered around the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and Georgia Highway 38. This district includes the Midway Church, established in 1756 and rebuilt in 1792, its cemetery founded around 1756 and enlarged in 1800, and a segment of the Old Sunbury Road that dates to the 1790s. For over a century, Midway was a significant political, economic, and religious hub. After the Civil War, regular church services ceased, and the area went into financial decline. The Midway Society continues to perform the work of preserving this important district's history, working alongside the state-owned Midway Museum, erected in 1959 under architect Thomas G. Little (1911-1962). The museum's design, inspired by 18th-century local building types and sketches that belonged to Basil Hall (1788-1844), aims to represent rather than reconstruct historical structures. Today, the museum displays exhibits that interpret the Church and congregation's historical way of life, and serves as a visitor center. The residents of the Midway District were actively involved in parish politics and strongly supported independence from England. They sent delegates to meetings in Savannah, and St. Johns Parish (which preceded Liberty County) sent Lyman Hall to the First Continental Congress. Notably, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett, both from the Parish, were two of the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Midway District produced many prominent men, including John Elliot, Dr. Nathan Brownson, Generals James Screven and Louis LeConte, and author Colonel Charles C. Jones, Jr. These residents' wealth was based on the cultivation of rice, indigo, and other crops. Variant names include: Midway Museum. See ref# 73000625 (Midway Historic District) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_335
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_335#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_335/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
